Hitler: The Rise of Evil is a 2003 Canadian historical drama about Adolf Hitler's early life, war-career and his rise to power. The series is in two parts and stars Robert Carlyle as Adolf Hitler. The cast also includes, Stockard Channing, Julianna Margulies, Peter O'Toole, Peter Stormare, Thomas Sangster, Matthew Modine and Liev Schreiber.
The series was directed by Christian Duguay and produced by John Ryan, Ed Gernon and Peter Sussman of the "Alliance Atlantis" (now defunct) company.
The Karabiner 98k rifle is seen in several scenes. German soldiers (including Hitler himself), and later the SS, are seen with this weapon. This is anchronistic as this rifle did not become active until June 1935.
The Germans in the trenches are seen using a Czech ZB-53 which has been modified to look like a historically accurate Maxim MG08.
Error creating thumbnail: File missingAn original Maxim MG08, heavy machine gunError creating thumbnail: File missingAn original Czechoslovakian ZB-53 / Vz.37.Error creating thumbnail: File missingThe "MG08" in action. It differs from an actual Maxim by a few key points. The most noticable is the portruding barrel from the water jacket: It is too high compared to the original which had the barrel portrude from the near bottom of the water jacket. (see above image of original Maxim)
Vickers Mk1 machine gun
During the 1919 German Revolution, the anti-communist "Freikorps" are using a Vickers Mk1 against the communist "Spartacists" during the "Spartacist uprising" in 1919.
